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the basics to be honest, id love to have a completly flush boot on my mark5 polo, but im not sure how to go about it. im in the woking/guildford area, and ive been told that welding a plate over is best becuase if you use a fibre glass panel it sags after a while. and what do i do about the lock? and how to open the boot? and i dont know of any sprayers... id also like to have the notch filled at the same time, and im a bit worried that the paint wont match and look pants. and also if i do have the notch filled, what do i do with the grill? id like a badgeless or badgless honeycombe. do they do one thats for people that have had there notch filled? i doubt it. advice please!!!

If you flush the boot completely, you will need to get a solenoid, to open the boot from a remote. If you give it to a bodyshop to do they should match the colour up correctly, and i've been given a quote of £140 for that. As for the grill you can get the kamei grill, i think Maxz still may be selling his and that is badgeless so you can have the notch filled and may be even get a subtle bonnet extension done.

Hope this helps

Haris

ok mate thankx for your time chap. im starting to think the bonnet is just not worth it, due to the grill not fitting correctly...

if you buy a badgeless grill, it will just be flat across the top so will fit properly if you get the notch filled. some grilles come with a bit to stick in the notch, but iv never seen one that isnt flat on the top.

Dont put fibreglass anywhere near your car, its rubbish! You need to weld a plate over the handle recess, light skimming of filler and spray. The badge (on the boot) i filled with quicksteel (a putty that sets like metal) followed by a light skimming.

all aftermarket badgeless grills sit flushly straight, so you can either get an extension on the bonnet or get it filled. I used to have a Kamei Badgeless grill on my polo, but I swapped it over for a just a straight badgeless one. Here's a few pics after I had the notch filled.





Hope that helps

^^^ NEED to get that done on mine!